Kirstin Ricketts | Hold Loosely, Live Freely

We Like To Be Together

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 7, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we head into these summer weeks, our narrative will set the tone. “We like to be together,” is choosing a mindset of joy and contentment in the people you are around. Only you can claim your mindset, and as you choose it over and over, it will set the culture of...

Reflections

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 5, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog

When you look down into a pool of water, you see the reflection, but the murk distorts the picture. I sit in that spot this morning, as a friend has lost someone she dearly loves and honestly in her terrible circumstance, I don’t know how to reflect what God would...

Capturing Glimpses

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 3, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

If I want to have a relationship with my kids, I have to choose not to tune out when my immediate attention isn’t needed which can be difficult because as moms our care seems to be needed so often. As I sit working on my computer while my kids watch a Sunday night...

My True North

by Kirstin Ricketts | May 31, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog

On dark nights as we sit on the porch at the cabin, things feel still and quiet, and the stars shine bright. Constellations change throughout the year, as proved true by my college astronomy project where we tracked them with a pencil on the back of a pizza box on an...

Turn The Mirrors Around

by Kirstin Ricketts | May 29, 2019 | All The Things, Popular, The Blog

Samantha took dance class this year, and when no one was peeking through the window, she would dance. During the Christmas show, as parents sat in chairs around the side of the room, she ran to my lap and hid her face, snuggling into my arms. This spring she returned...